1955 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

The consensus 1955 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of six major All-American teams.^[1] To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, Look Magazine, The United Press International, the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), Collier's Magazine and the International News Service.

1955 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
Awarded for	1954–55 NCAA men's basketball season
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1955 Consensus All-America team

Consensus First Team

Player	Position	Class	Team
Dick Garmaker	G	Senior	Minnesota
Tom Gola	F	Senior	La Salle
Sihugo Green	G	Junior	Duquesne
Dick Ricketts	F/C	Senior	Duquesne
Bill Russell	C	Junior	San Francisco

Consensus Second Team

Player	Position	Class	Team
Darrell Floyd	G	Junior	Furman
Robin Freeman	G	Junior	Ohio State
Dickie Hemric	C	Senior	Wake Forest
Don Schlundt	C	Senior	Indiana
Ronnie Shavlik	F/C	Junior	North Carolina State

Individual All-America teams

All-America Team
	First team		Second team		Third team
	Player	School	Player	School	Player	School
Associated Press[2]	Darrell Floyd	Furman	Dick Garmaker	Minnesota	Dick Boushka	Saint Louis
	Robin Freeman	Ohio State	Sihugo Green	Duquesne	Bob Burrow	Kentucky
	Tom Gola	La Salle	Dickie Hemric	Wake Forest	Tom Heinsohn	Holy Cross
	Dick Ricketts	Duquesne	Don Schlundt	Indiana	Maurice Stokes	St. Francis (PA)
	Bill Russell	San Francisco	Ronnie Shavlik	North Carolina State	Buzz Wilkinson	Virginia
UPI	Dick Garmaker	Minnesota	Darrell Floyd	Furman	Tom Heinsohn	Holy Cross
	Tom Gola	La Salle	Robin Freeman	Ohio State	Johnny Horan	Dayton
	Sihugo Green	Duquesne	Dickie Hemric	Wake Forest	Ken Sears	Santa Clara
	Dick Ricketts	Duquesne	Don Schlundt	Indiana	Jack Stephens	Notre Dame
	Bill Russell	San Francisco	Ronnie Shavlik	North Carolina State	Maurice Stokes	St. Francis (PA)
Look Magazine[3]	Ed Conlin	Fordham	No second or third teams (10-man first team)
	Frank Ehmann	Northwestern
	Dick Garmaker	Minnesota
	Tom Gola	La Salle
	Sihugo Green	Duquesne
	Dickie Hemric	Wake Forest
	Bob Patterson	Tulsa
	Dick Ricketts	Duquesne
	Bill Russell	San Francisco
	Maurice Stokes	St. Francis (PA)
NEA	Dick Garmaker	Minnesota	Ed Conlin	Fordham	Art Bunte	Utah
	Tom Gola	La Salle	Dick Ricketts	Duquesne	Tom Heinsohn	Holy Cross
	Sihugo Green	Duquesne	Ronnie Shavlik	North Carolina State	Bob Patterson	Tulsa
	Dickie Hemric	Wake Forest	Maurice Stokes	St. Francis (PA)	Don Schlundt	Indiana
	Bill Russell	San Francisco	Jack Twyman	Cincinnati	Ken Sears	Santa Clara
International News Service	Dick Garmaker	Minnesota	Art Bunte	Utah	No third team
	Tom Gola	La Salle	Dickie Hemric	Wake Forest
	Sihugo Green	Duquesne	Bob McKeen	California
	Bill Russell	San Francisco	Dick Ricketts	Duquesne
	Ronnie Shavlik	North Carolina State	Jack Twyman	Cincinnati
Collier's	Robin Freeman	Ohio State	Dick Garmaker	Minnesota	Jesse Arnelle	Penn State
	Tom Gola	La Salle	Tom Heinsohn	Holy Cross	Ed Conlin	Fordham
	Sihugo Green	Duquesne	Dickie Hemric	Wake Forest	Darrell Floyd	Furman
	Dick Ricketts	Duquesne	Jack Stephens	Notre Dame	Ronnie Shavlik	North Carolina State
	Don Schlundt	Indiana	Bill Russell	San Francisco	Maurice Stokes	St. Francis (PA)

AP Honorable Mention:^[4]

• Jesse Arnelle, Penn State
• Denver Brackeen, Ole Miss
• Art Bunte, Utah
• Carl Cain, Iowa
• Ed Conlin, Fordham
• Walter Devlin, George Washington
• Frank Ehmann, Northwestern
• Bill Evans, Kentucky
• Ed Fleming, Niagara
• Swede Halbrook, Oregon State
• Jerry Harper, Alabama
• Joe Holup, George Washington
• Johnny Horan, Dayton
• Rod Hundley, West Virginia
• Cleo Littleton, Wichita State
• Bob McKeen, California
• Chuck Mencel, Minnesota
• Warren Mills, Richmond
• Johnny Moore, UCLA
• Jerry Mullen, San Francisco
• Dick O'Neal, Texas Christian
• Bob Patterson, Tulsa
• Art Quimby, Connecticut
• Jim Reed, Texas Tech
• Bill Ridley, Illinois
• Ken Sears, Santa Clara
• Jack Stephens, Notre Dame
• Ron Tomsic, Stanford
• Jack Twyman, Cincinnati
• Dick Welsh, Southern California

See also

• 1954–55 NCAA men's basketball season

References

1. NCAA Record Book - Award Winners p.137. Accessed 2009-05-05. 2009-05-04.
2. AP All-America Teams
3. 2005 NCAA Basketball's Finest - All-Americans (UPI, Look, NEA, Collier's & International News Service) p.208
4. "Gola All-America Cager for Third Straight Year". St. Petersburg Times'. March 3, 1955. Retrieved December 29, 2013.